Shloka 75

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते कर्णपर्वणि संकुलद्धन्डयुद्धे पज्चसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate karṇaparvaṇi saṅkuladaṇḍayuddhe pañcasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

આ રીતે શ્રીમહાભારતના કર્ણપર્વમાં સંકુલ દંડયુદ્ધ-વર્ણન અંતર્ગત પંચોત્તરમો અધ્યાય સમાપ્ત થયો।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the holy Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कर्णपर्वणि: in the Karna-parvan
• कर्णपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संकुल: crowded; confused; intense
• संकुल: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संकुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दण्डयुद्धे: in the club-fight (mace-battle)
• दण्डयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्डयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चसप्ततितमः: seventy-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चसप्तति-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahābhārata
• Karṇa Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement; its function is to formally close the chapter and situate it within the Karṇa Parva, emphasizing the epic’s careful framing of events and the gravity of chaotic warfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narration pauses to mark the end of the seventy-fifth chapter, identifying the setting as the Karṇa Parva and characterizing the episode as a confused, densely entangled club-and-staff battle.